The Musicians

Bayla Keyes (Photo credit: Jesse Weiner)

Violinist
Bayla Keyes, lauded as “a musician of expressive generosity and technical élan” by Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer, was a founder and long-time member of the Muir String Quartet, with whom she won the Evian and Naumburg as well as two Grand Prix du Disques.

Cellist
Rhonda Rider—whom The Boston Globe calls “a glorious cellist,” remarkable for her “extraordinarily expressive and inventive playing”—was the founding cellist of the Naumburg-award-winning Lydian String Quartet, with whom she performed for over twenty years.

Pianist
Lois Shapiro “conjures enchantment” and “produces and inspires musical magic,” notes The Boston Globe. A New York Concert Artists Guild Award winner and highly sought-after soloist and collaborative pianist, she has appeared throughout the U.S. and abroad in concerts ranging from 18th-century period-instrument performances to premieres.